Django has now standardized on a release schedule with three kinds of releases:
- Feature release: These releases will have new features or improvements to existing features. It will happen every eight months and will have 16 months of extended support from release. They have version numbers like A.B (note there's no minor version).
- Long-Term Support (LTS) release: These are special kinds of feature releases, which have a longer extended support of three years from the release date. These releases will happen every two years. They have version numbers like A.2 (since every third feature release will be an LTS). LTS releases have few months of overlap to aid in a smoother migration.
- Patch release: These releases ...
